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Life of Pi Book Representation • To begin with, the author writes in Pi’s point of view. This helps the reader have a simulation of Pi’s adventures. All of Pi’s actions make the reader feel as if they are in Pi’s shoes. • All throughout the first part of the novel the author utilizes a dull tone. He utilizes this tone to show and discuss when Pi was a kid. "Pi was a tranquil and exceptional youngster" (pg16). This has impact on the story in light of the fact that if the tone begins truly dull…

bedroom window. I pulled the blanket up to my chin, closed my eyes, and the shrieks melded into the whisper of leaves and the centaur’s voice as I drifted into dreams. Then my dream strayed. I heard a loud stomp-stomp-stomp, as if a boatload of orangutans in a scuffling match were right outside my room. My stomach roiled, tossed, and tied in knots. The door flew open and a ghostly goblin in a cloak charged toward me. “You should have died in the diner, boy.” His red eyes stared me down. “But…

Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel in 2001 displays how reality and faith shape each other and how each person has their own reality. While forming a central idea of how faith and belief can shape one's reality, Martel's crafting and organisation of the book leads readers to understand that Pi uses metaphorical animals representing him and other passengers on the lifeboat. Through these symbolic animals Pi relays his story while simultaneously buffering himself from the reality of the events…

on a small boat in the Pacific Ocean (Martel 184). When Pi and his family decide migrating to Canada so that they could sell their animals, they board a ship, which sinks in the ocean. The only creatures left on the ship are Pi, a zebra, hyena, orangutan and Bengal Tiger. Finally, the book concludes with an interview…

Plot/Sequence of Events The introduction of the book introduces Forrest Gump as an unintelligent, kind guy. Going in the second grade, he was put in a mental school. When he turned sixteen, he grew enormous to 6’6, 240 pounds. Then, Forrest was scouted by Coach Bryant, and he was asked to play football for the high school team. He dominated in high school, and was awarded to the All State Football Team. Forrest’s grades were bad, and he was told to report to the army. There, he failed to follow…

Rainforests are beautiful ecosystems where trees, plants, insects, and other wildlife thrive. There are rainforests all over the world; even some in the United States. The rainforest holds many wonders humans have yet to discover. The largest and oldest ecosystems on Earth are rainforests. There can be as many as 500 tons of living things per acre. Over 50% of the world’s animal and plant species are found in the rainforest. Four layers make up the rainforest; the first of the four is the…

The story of Life Of Pi by Yann Martel has truly taught me how to appreciate the little things in life. Life of Pi shows a journey of a young Indian man named Piscine Molitor Patel or “Pi” and a Bengal tiger across the ocean in a lifeboat. This story was so good that it transformed into a Hollywood movie which director, Ang Lee tried to depict to the best of his abilities. When adapting a book into a movie, there are two things to take into consideration: Those who have read the book and those…

Biomes Survival Story We were flying in the government's new 737 million dollar B-2 Spirit jet. My sergeant gave me and my co-pilot orders to go to the coordinates 6.1° S 106.9° E, which is Jakarta, Indonesia. Our orders were to observe the areas that have military-like forces in the tropical rainforest. As we were making our last pass for reconnaissance over the tropical rainforest, there was a huge thunderstorm. A few minutes after the storm started the B-2 jet was struck by lightning,…

Karina Hollis-Brau Part 2 – Book Summary Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman When Charles Darwin was in his late twenties, he decided it was time to decide whether or not he should marry. He created a list of the pros and cons of marriage and eventually decided on marrying his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1839. They had ten children together, three of which died at a young age. Through his travels and observations, Charles discovered the roots of the…

In entering the conversation regarding the controversy about animal research, I am first considering the tendency in our culture to take to extremes. The positions on various social issues. For example, an argument about the value of life can range from Tibetan monks who would only eat fruit which had fallen from trees, to a college professor who proposed that parents have the right to kill their own children up to the age of 3. I do not want to be extreme in what I think. What I am thinking…